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“He is described as relying on reason, employing a science of deduction that enables him to explain events that have so far proved baffling. Yet it’s not the methods that fascinate us”. If these two sentences are rewritten as one, the result is: Since he is described as relying on reason, employing a science of deduction that enables him to explain events that have so far proved baffling, it’s not the methods that fascinate us.


According to the author, people’s faith in reason has diminished due to the fact that the use of reason is subject to contradiction.


The author argues that the figure of Holmes is contradictory. One example of Holmes’s contradictory nature is “In spite of his natural intuition for details, Holmes uses only logic to solve his cases”.


The text is an example of the genre opinion article. The purpose of this article can be described as to provide an analysis of why Holmes remains a popular character.


The humor of the cartoon lies in the contrast between what the characters say and what they actually mean or do.


The guide suggests that tourists should not go on the tour depicted more than once in their lives.


The tour guide seems to find her work challenging but fulfilling.


The guide is probably a citizen of the country the tourists are visiting.


The tourists seem to be unaware that they themselves pose a threat to the environment.
A man-made site is more likely to become a World Heritage Site than a natural one.
UNESCO tends to throw parties at sites in which important technological developments took place.
Some World Heritage Sites preserve the last vestiges of civilizations whose members have passed away long ago.
Since well-known buildings and sites are much more appealing to the public, WMF has not managed to raise enough funds for less famous monuments.
Both the Great Wall of China and Dubrovnik’s Old City Harbor in Croatia have been affected by human behavior.
The WMF produces a report twice a year listing all the buildings which are considered to be at risk.
One of the earliest WMF initiatives took place in a European city.